Imaging of the dopaminergic neurotransmission system using single-photon emission tomography and positron emission tomography in patients with parkinsonism

J Booij, G Tissingh, A Winogrodzka… - European journal of …, 1999 - Springer
Parkinsonism is a feature of a number of neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's
disease, multiple system atrophy and progressive supranuclear palsy. The results of post …

[123I] FP-CIT SPECT shows a pronounced decline of striatal dopamine transporter labelling in early and advanced Parkinson's disease.

J Booij, G Tissingh, GJ Boer, JD Speelman… - Journal of Neurology …, 1997 - jnnp.bmj.com
OBJECTIVES: The main neuropathological feature in Parkinson's disease is a severe
degeneration of the dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra resulting in a loss of …

Effect of age and gender on dopamine transporter imaging with [123I]FP-CIT SPET in healthy volunteers

J Lavalaye, J Booij, L Reneman, JBA Habraken… - European journal of …, 2000 - Springer
Dopamine transporter imaging is a valuable tool to investigate the integrity of the
dopaminergic neurons. To date, several reports have shown an age-associated decline in …

Unexpected high prevalence of silent pulmonary embolism in patients with deep venous thrombosis

MV Huisman, HR Büller, JW ten Cate, EA van Royen… - Chest, 1989 - Elsevier
In patients presenting with clinically suspected deep vein thrombosis, symptomatic
pulmonary embolism is rarely apparent. To assess the prevalence of silent pulmonary …

[PDF][PDF] Imaging of dopamine transporters with iodine-123-FP-CIT SPECT in healthy controls and patients with Parkinson's disease

J Booij, JBA Habraken, P Bergmans… - Journal of Nuclear …, 1998 - Soc Nuclear Med
(3.79 ±0.67/3.82 ±0.74) and (4.16 ±0.70/4.08 ±0.97) for the ROI and VOI technique,
respectively. No significant differences were measured between test/retest studies. The …

Drug-naive patients with Parkinson's disease in Hoehn and Yahr stages I and II show a bilateral decrease in striatal dopamine transporters as revealed by [123I]β …

G Tissingh, P Bergmans, J Booij, A Winogrodzka… - Journal of …, 1997 - Springer
Ten healthy subjects and 16 patients with early Parkinson's disease (PD) were examined
with single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and [123 I] β-CIT, a ligand for …

[PDF][PDF] Iodine-123-N-ω-fluoropropyl-2β-carbomethoxy-3β-(4-iodophenyl) tropane SPECT in healthy controls and early-stage, drug-naive Parkinson's disease

G Tissingh, J Booij, P Bergmans… - Journal of nuclear …, 1998 - Soc Nuclear Med
The aims of this study were to investigate whether the loss of striatal dopamine transporters
inearly and drug-naive patients with Parkin son's disease could be demonstrated by means …

[PDF][PDF] One-day protocol for imaging of the nigrostriatal dopaminergic pathway in Parkinson's disease by [123I] FPCIT SPECT

J Booij, JTGM Hemelaar, JD Speelman… - Journal of Nuclear …, 1999 - Soc Nuclear Med
Parkinson's disease is characterized by degeneration of dopaminergic neurons, resulting in
loss of dopamine transporters in the striatum. Recently, the tracer 123l-/Vo)-fluoropropyl-2ß …

[123I] β-CIT SPECT is a useful method for monitoring dopaminergic degeneration in early stage Parkinson's disease

A Winogrodzka, P Bergmans, J Booij… - Journal of Neurology …, 2003 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objectives: To examine the validity of [123I] β-CIT SPECT for monitoring the progression of
dopaminergic degeneration in Parkinson's disease; to investigate the influence of short term …

The value of radiographs and bone scintigraphy in suspected scaphoid fracture: a statistical analysis

MMC Tiel-van Buul, EJR van Beek… - Journal of hand …, 1993 - journals.sagepub.com
The role of radiography and bone scintigraphy in the diagnostic management of suspected
scaphoid fracture is controversial. Two strategies were compared for patients with initial …